09/04/2011
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BBC
International donors were aware of artillery attacks on Tamil civilians by the Sri Lanka military in the last stages of the war against Tamil Tigers, according to recent Wikileaks revelations.
09/04/2011
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The Hindu
Coming down heavily on countries that demanded accountability for the civilian deaths in the last stages of the Eelam war IV in early 2009, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that for most of those who demand accountability, it was only a
08/28/2011
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Lanka Newspapers
President Mahinda Rajapaksa had a special message for his cabinet ministers. He told them at the weekly meeting on Wednesday they would all have to be present in Parliament the next day, Thursday. However, he did not tell them why.
08/08/2011
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State Department, U.S. State Department
MR. TONER: I’m – no, I’m not aware of it. I’ll have to take the question.
Go ahead, Tejinder.
QUESTION: The defense secretary of Sri Lanka, Rajapaska, in an interview with headlines today, has rejected calls by the UN, U.S., and other international communities calling for war crimes investigation. He said actually, how can an international mechanism kick in? He says we have done nothing wrong. So what is the reaction of the U.S. and the ongoing UN efforts on this?
MR. TONER: Well, we continue to call on a transparent accounting of Sri Lanka’s actions, and we believe the UN panel of experts is a mechanism that should be taken advantage of in order to carry out that kind of examination and accounting. I’m aware that Sri Lanka has also conducted some reporting on human rights abuses, alleged human rights abuses, but we still believe that an international mechanism to look at these is in everyone’s interest.
QUESTION: He – however, but he redefined the international community. He says these are not the international community; Russia, China, Africa, Middle East, and Southeast Asia is the international community, and they are supporting us. So –
MR. TONER: Again, I’ll have to look at his remarks in greater detail, but broadly put, that’s our position.
05/11/2011
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France
ALSO IN FRENCH: From April 2009, France had called for the establishment of an impartial international commission of inquiry to shed light on these alleged violations. We had actively supported the appointment by the Secretary General of the UN panel of experts.
04/30/2011
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Xinhua
BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- China said Saturday that it believes the Sri Lankan government and people will handle properly problems conerning its civil war and urged the international community not to complicate the issue.
01/09/2011
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Defence.lk
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa charged that certain elements are trying to portray a picture that country was going towards a totalitarian rule and said that these reactionary elements wanted to take him to the electric chair on war crimes allegations.
11/10/2010
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AFP
Sri Lanka's government said Wednesday it had ordered foreign and local aid workers to register with the defence ministry in a move to put them under greater state control.
10/17/2010
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The Sunday Leader
UNP MP Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena says Sri Lanka may stand to be condemned by a large number of foreign countries.